An awkward transition

It’s my final two months in the field of MRI, and I don’t really know how I feel about it all. Though above all, I’m a bit relieved—no more staring into space and not knowing what the heck is happening anymore. This Friday, I will find out whether I will be job searching or going back to school to become a healthcare architect. Both are kind of scary propositions and tasks that I have not partaken in before, so it will be a learning experience for me for sure. I’m excited. 

In the meantime, it’s a bit of an awkward transition. The project that I’ve been assigned in my postdoc is just a bit questionable. The hypothesis is a bit dubious, and I think it goes against some of the established claims in the literature. I didn’t necessarily want to bring this up, but I didn’t just want to abandon a project before giving it a fair shot. Overall, during this project, I’ve learned how to incorporate AI into my workflow, and, because of that, I’ve been able to finish this project into a final product. Without AI, I would not have had the coding skills required to accomplish that task. 

But from now until the end, it’s a bit of an awkward transition. The incentive to keep working at my job is a bit dampened, and it’s just a bit weird seeing everyone before announcing the inevitable end. I don’t really know what to do in this case aside from taking a few days here and there to work from home to preserve my mental health. I suppose transitions like these between jobs are par for the course in professional work. One almost needs a mini business degree to fully understand the protocols associated with moving between jobs.